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Author:Jane E. Brody
Jane Brody's Nutrition Book
What is good nutrition? The answer to that question is the most important and widely discussed health-care and life-style issue of the day. Now Jane Brody has written the soundest and most comprehensive guide to nutrition yet available for the layperson. Among the many...- $55.95
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Author:David R. Olson
The Social Foundations of Language and Thought
Essays examine how culture, social interaction, and human relations affect the development of language and thought in children.Author: David R. OlsonISBN-10: 0393013030ISBN-13: 9780393013030Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/1980Pages: 404Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d- $52.00
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Author:Sebastian Junger
Fire
For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho....- $45.00
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Author:See 18027 Jackson Jr.
Migration and Urbanization in the Ruhr Valley, 1821-1914:
This book analyzes the human consequences of urbanization and geographical mobility for residents of a major city in the Ruhr Valley of Germany during the century-long transition from an agrarian order to the industrial era. By utilizing an un-precidented combination of demographic records, it...- $166.00
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Author:J. Frederic Bonnans
Perturbation Analysis of Optimization Problems
This is a research-level book in optimization. The results herein can be applied to various fields, from physics to economics. A nice feature is its great number of examples, which help the reader to understand the meaning of various statements and assumptions. It will...- $279.99
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Author:Po-Fang Hsieh
Basic Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations
The authors' aim is to provide the reader with the very basic knowledge necessary to begin research on differential equations with professional ability. The selection of topics should provide the reader with methods and results which are applicable in a variety of different fields....- $159.99
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Author:Joel L. Schiff
The Laplace Transform: Theory and Applications
Preliminary Text. Do not use. The Laplace transform is a wonderful tool for solving ordinary and partial differential equations, and has enjoyed much success in this realm. But with its success, a certain casualness has been bred concerning its application, without much regard for...- $99.99
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Author:Werner Balser
Formal Power Series and Linear Systems of Meromorphic Ordinary Differential Equations
Preliminary Text. Do not use. Simple Ordinary Differential Equations may have solutions in terms of power series whose coefficients grow at such a rate that the series has a radius of convergence equal to zero. In fact, every linear meromorphic system has a formal...- $109.99
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Author:James J. Callahan
The Geometry of Spacetime: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity
Preliminary Text. DO NOT USE. In 1905, Albert Einstein offered a revolutionary theory--special relativity--to explain some of the most troubling problems about electromagnetism and motion in the physics of the day. Soon afterwards, Hermann Minkowski recast special relativity essentially as a new geometric structure...- $84.99
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Author:Catherine Sulem
The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation: Self-Focusing and Wave Collapse
This monograph reviews in detail significant results concerning the phenomena of wave collapse, as described by the NLS equation, or its generalization when couplings to additional fields driven by the wave modulation are relevant. Several approaches, ranging from rigorous mathematical analysis to formal asymptotics...- $169.99
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Author:E. L. Lehmann
Elements of Large-Sample Theory
Written by one of the main figures in twentieth century statistics, this book provides an introduction to large sample theory at a level suitable for researchers and graduate students in statistics and applied areas.Author: E. L. LehmannISBN-10: 0387985956ISBN-13: 9780387985954Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/04/1998Pages: 632Format: HardcoverWeight:...- $149.99
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Author:Serge Lang
Fundamentals of Differential Geometry
This text provides an introduction to basic concepts in differential topology, differential geometry, and differential equations, and some of the main basic theorems in all three areas. Although the book grew out of the author's earlier book Differential and Riemannian Manifolds, the focus has...- $119.99
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Author:Klaus-Jochen Engel
One-Parameter Semigroups for Linear Evolution Equations
This book gives an up-to-date account of the theory of one-parameter semigroups of linear evolution equations. It contains a systematic discussion of the spectral theory and the qualitative behavior of semigroups as well as many applicaions to partial differential equations, functional differential eqyations and...- $119.99
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Author:Colin MacLachlan
The Arithmetic of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds
This text is based on graduate courses given by the authors. The seminal work of W. Thurston in the 1970's, in which geometric techniques were introduced to 3-dimensional topology, has made the area one of the most active areas of current research. Recently there...- $99.99
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Author:B. D. Reddy
Introductory Functional Analysis
The book is aimed particularly at students and researchers who do not have the traditional prerequisites (for example, real analysis) for a first course in functional analysis, and are interested in the applications of this subject to areas such as partial differential equations and...- $115.00
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Author:Lenore Blum
Complexity and Real Computation
Computational complexity theory provides a framework for understanding the cost of solving computational problems, as measured by the requirement for resources such as time and space. The objects of study are algorithms defined within a formal model of computation. Upper bounds on the computational...- $109.00
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Author:Alina Von Davier
Statistical Models for Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking
The goal of this book is to emphasize the formal statistical features of the practice of equating, linking, and scaling. The book encourages the view and discusses the quality of the equating results from the statistical perspective (new models, robustness, fit, testing hypotheses, statistical...- $139.99
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Author:Kenneth R. Davidson
Real Analysis and Applications: Theory in Practice
This new approach to real analysis stresses the use of the subject with respect to applications, i.e., how the principles and theory of real analysis can be applied in a variety of settings in subjects ranging from Fourier series and polynomial approximation to discrete...- $79.95
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Author:Peter Hall
The Bootstrap and Edgeworth Expansion
Bootstrap methods are among the most active areas of statistical research, and are important to those interested in statistical theory and applications. This ground-breaking reference remains a basic reference in this important area.Author: Peter HallISBN-10: 0387977201ISBN-13: 9780387977201Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/09/1992Pages: 354Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.50h...- $159.99
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Author:Hershel M. Farkas
Riemann Surfaces
This text covers Riemann surface theory from elementary aspects to the fontiers of current research. Open and closed surfaces are treated with emphasis on the compact case. Basic tools are developed to describe the analytic, geometric, and algebraic properties of Riemann surfaces and the...- $119.99
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Author:R. G. Burns
Modern Geometry -- Methods and Applications: Part I: The Geometry of Surfaces, Transformation Groups, and Fields
This is the first volume of a three-volume introduction to modern geometry, with emphasis on applications to other areas of mathematics and theoretical physics. Topics covered include tensors and their differential calculus, the calculus of variations in one and several dimensions, and geometric field...- $79.95
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Author:Harold A. Wilkinson
The Failed Back Syndrome: Etiology and Therapy
In the eight years since the first edition of this book several marvelous technical advances have become available clinically for the care of patients with failed back syndromes. High resolution MRI scans, three dimension- al CT scans, and percutaneous discectomy are notable technological ad-...- $219.99
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Author:John B. Conway
A Course in Functional Analysis
This book is an introductory text in functional analysis, aimed at the graduate student with a firm background in integration and measure theory. Unlike many modern treatments, this book begins with the particular and works its way to the more general. The student will...- $79.95
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Author:E. Zeidler
Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Its Applications: II/B: Nonlinear Monotone Operators
This is the second of a five-volume exposition of the main principles of nonlinear functional analysis and its applications to the natural sciences, economics, and numerical analysis. The presentation is self -contained and accessible to the nonspecialist. Part II concerns the theory of monotone...- $279.99
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Author:David Aldous
Probability Approximations Via the Poisson Clumping Heuristic
If you place a large number of points randomly in the unit square, what is the distribution of the radius of the largest circle containing no points? Of the smallest circle containing 4 points? Why do Brownian sample paths have local maxima but not...- $149.99
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Author:Joseph J. Rotman
An Introduction to Algebraic Topology
This book is a clear exposition, with exercises, of the basic ideas of algebraic topology: homology (singular, simplicial, and cellular), homotopy groups, and cohomology rings. It is suitable for a two- semester course at the beginning graduate level, requiring as a prerequisite a knowledge...- $84.95
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Author:Jean-Pierre Serre
Algebraic Groups and Class Fields
Author: Jean-Pierre SerreISBN-10: 038796648XISBN-13: 9780387966489Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/1987Pages: 211Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.36h x 6.38w x 0.64d- $109.99
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Author:Carlo Cercignani
The Boltzmann Equation and Its Applications
Statistical mechanics may be naturally divided into two branches, one dealing with equilibrium systems, the other with nonequilibrium systems. The equilibrium properties of macroscopic systems are defined in principle by suitable averages in well-defined Gibbs's ensembles. This provides a frame- work for both qualitative...- $219.99
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Author:Serge Lang
Calculus of Several Variables
This is a new, revised edition of this widely known text. All of the basic topics in calculus of several variables are covered. The presentation is self-contained, assuming only a knowledge of basic calculus in one variable. Many completely worked-out problems have been included.Author:...- $79.95
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Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
Carl Friedrich Gauss's textbook, Disquisitiones arithmeticae, published in 1801 (Latin), remains to this day a true masterpiece of mathematical examination. .Author: Carl Friedrich Gauss, William C. WaterhouseISBN-10: 0387962549ISBN-13: 9780387962542Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/1986Pages: 472Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.33lbsSize: 10.36h x 7.38w x 1.38d- $219.99
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Author:Serge Lang
Introduction to Linear Algebra
This book is a short text in linear algebra, intended for a one-term course. Lang discusses the relation between the geometry and the algebra underlying the subject, and includes sections on linear equations, matrices and Gaussian elimination, and vector spaces, linear maps, scalar products,...- $74.95
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Author:Bruce C. Berndt
Ramanujan's Notebooks: Part I
Srinivasa Ramanujan is, arguably, the greatest mathematician that India has produced. His story is quite unusual: although he had no formal education inmathematics, he taught himself, and managed to produce many important new results. With the support of the English number theorist G. H....- $219.99
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Author:Rodney G. Downey
Algorithmic Randomness and Complexity
Computability and complexity theory are two central areas of research in theoretical computer science. Until recently, most work in these areas concentrated on problems over discrete structures, but there has been enormous growth of computability theory and complexity theory over the real numbers and...- $169.99
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Author:Leo Beranek
Concert Halls and Opera Houses: Music, Acoustics, and Architecture
This illustrated guide to 100 of the world's most important concert halls and opera houses will serve as a valuable guide for today's peripatetic performers and music lovers. The technical discussion is relegated to the appendices, so most of the book can be read...- $169.99
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Author:Elizabeth Kavaler
A Seat on the Aisle, Please!: The Essential Guide to Urinary Tract Problems in Women
A sympathetic book suggesting a new approach to urinary tract disorders is long overdue. Half of all women will experience some form of urinary tract disease or discomfort during their lifetime. For too long there has been a tendency to dismiss many symptoms and...- $37.99
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Author:Donald Estep
Practical Analysis in One Variable
This book attempts to place the basic ideas of real analysis and numerical analysis together in an applied setting that is both accessible and motivational to young students. It includes background and review material, numerous examples, visualizations and alternate explanations of some key ideas,...- $89.99
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Author:Roger G. Newton
Quantum Physics: A Text for Graduate Students
Compared to other books, there is a diminished emphasis on particles as the fundamental physical entities and a stronger stress on fields, which in turn give rise to particles. And in contrast to most other texts, the early history of quantum mechanics is ignored;...- $99.99
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Author:Robert B. Grossman
The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Intended for students of intermediate organic chemistry, this text shows how to write a reasonable mechanism for an organic chemical transformation. The discussion is organized by types of mechanisms and the conditions under which the reaction is executed, rather than by the overall reaction....- $89.99
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Author:I. T. Jolliffe
Principal Component Analysis
Principal component analysis is central to the study of multivariate data. It continues to be the subject of much research, ranging from new model-based approaches to algorithmic ideas from neural networks. It is extremely versatile with applications in many disciplines including computer science, psychology,...- $299.99
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Author:Jun Shao
Mathematical Statistics
This graduate textbook covers topics in statistical theory essential for graduate students preparing for work on a Ph.D. degree in statistics. This new edition has been revised and updated and in this fourth printing, errors have been ironed out. The first chapter provides a...- $179.99
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Author:Pierre Bremaud
Mathematical Principles of Signal Processing: Fourier and Wavelet Analysis
Fourier analysis and its modern extension of wavelet analysis provides one of the most useful tools in many applied sciences. This text bridges the gap between engineering and mathematics, providing a rigorously mathematical introduction to the subject, while emphasizing their uses in signal processing...- $109.99
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Author:Joseph G. Ibrahim
Bayesian Survival Analysis
Survival analysis arises in many fields of study including medicine, biology, engineering, public health, epidemiology, and economics. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of Bayesian survivial analysis and serves as a useful reference book for applied or theoretical researchers as well as practitioners.Author: Joseph...- $219.99
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Author:Gregoire Allaire
Shape Optimization by the Homogenization Method
This book is about the homogenization method and its applications to optimal design in the conductivity and elasticity setting. It explains how homogenization theory may be applied to solve optimal design problems, both from a theoretical and a numerical point of view. It is...- $109.99
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Author:Darrel Hankerson
Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography
After two decades of research and development, elliptic curve cryptography now has widespread exposure and acceptance. Industry, banking, and government standards are in place to facilitate extensive deployment of this efficient public-key mechanism. Anchored by a comprehensive treatment of the practical aspects of elliptic...- $199.99
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Author:Ronald Christensen
Advanced Linear Modeling: Multivariate, Time Series, and Spatial Data; Nonparametric Regression and Response Surface Maximization
This book will serve as a reference book for graduate students and researchers in statistics. Written by a leading researcher in the field, it discusses advanced topics in the area of linear models.Author: Ronald ChristensenISBN-10: 0387952969ISBN-13: 9780387952963Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/26/2001Pages: 398Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.68lbsSize: 9.21h...- $109.99
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Author:Georg Glaeser
Handbook of Geometric Programming Using Open Geometry Gl
A new interdisciplinary reference handbook covering all aspects of the use of Open Geometry GL software standards for 2-D and 3-D computer graphics and imaging.Author: Georg Glaeser, Hans-Peter SchröckerISBN-10: 0387952721ISBN-13: 9780387952727Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2002Pages: 676Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.94lbsSize: 9.46h x 7.28w x 1.49d- $219.99
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Author:Rolf Meissner
The Little Book of Planet Earth
The book presents to the lay reader a concise description of the geological structure of the Earth, from its earliest formation to the present and into the future. Like previous titles of the Copernicus Little Book series, the book gets right to the heart...- $24.99
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Author:James D. Murray
An Introduction to Mathematical Biology
Mathematical Biology: An Introductory Course is a richly illustrated textbook in an exciting and fast growing field. Providing an in-depth look at the practical use of math modelling, it features exercises throughout that are drawn from a variety of bioscientific disciplines - population biology,...- $119.99
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Author:Marian Fabian
Functional Analysis and Infinite-Dimensional Geometry
This book introduces the reader to the basic principles of functional analysis and to areas of Banach space theory that are close to nonlinear analysis and topology. In the first part, the book develops the classical theory, including weak topologies, locally convex spaces, Schauder...- $109.99
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Author:Tsit-Yuen Lam
A First Course in Noncommutative Rings
A First Course in Noncommutative Rings, an outgrowth of the author's lectures at the University of California at Berkeley, is intended as a textbook for a one-semester course in basic ring theory. By aiming the level of writing at the novice rather than the...- $99.00
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